Facts:

The Plaintiffs in this suit are members of Concerned Electricity Consumers’ Movement, who are aggrieved that the Defendants failed woefully in implementing the Electricity Act 2023. For instance; absence of any published National Integrated Electricity Policy and Strategic Implementation Plan (NIEPSIP) passed by the 1st Respondent through the 2nd Respondent within one year of the enactment of Electricity Act, 2023; absence of PCAF amongst other complaints.

Again, the Plaintiffs averred that despite receiving the letter of complaint, the 3rd Defendant conducted a rate review hearing in the absence of National Integrated Electricity Policy and Strategic Implementation Plan (NIEPSIP), Power Consumer Assistance Fund (PCAF), a substantive Minister responsible for Power and general cost of living crisis in Nigeria. Thereafter, the Plaintiffs claimed that because of general public outcry and its complaint, the 2nd Defendant issued a policy statement informing the public that the Government of the Federation of Nigeria would not permit any increment in electricity tariff unless stable electricity is achieved before the implementation of cost reflective tariff and 2nd Defendant that the 1st Defendant could no longer continue electricity subsidy as its indebtedness on electricity subsidy paid to operators in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) and not to qualifying under privileged consumers has ballooned to N3 Trillion.